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Sacred texts of the world [videorecording (KIT)] / Grant Hardy.

Hardy, Grant, 1961- (Added Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary:
These 36 lectures provide rich insights into world cultures and the meaning of religious faith.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781629970424
  • ISBN: 1629970425
  • Physical Description: 6 videodiscs (approximately 1,080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Thirty six lectures at 30 min. each.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1: 1. Reading other people's scriptures -- 2. Hinduism and the Vedas -- 3. What is heard: Upanishads -- 4. What is remembered: epics -- 5. Laws of Manu and Bhagavad Gita -- 6. Related traditions: Sikh scriptures -- disc 2: 7. Judaism: people of the book -- 8. Five books of Torah -- 9. Prophets and writings -- 10. Apocrypha and Dead Sea scrolls -- 11. Oral Torah: Mishnah and Talmud -- 12. Related traditions: Zoroastrian scriptures -- disc 3: 13. The three baskets of buddhism -- 14. Vinaya and Jakata -- 15. Theravada Sutras -- 16. Mahayana Sutras -- 17. Pure land Buddhism and Zen -- 18. Tibetan Vajrayana -- disc 4: 19. Related traditions: Jain scriptures -- 20. Five Confucian classics -- 21. Four books of neo-Confucianism -- 22. Daoism and the Daodejing -- 23. The three caverns of Daoist scriptures -- 24. Related traditions: Shinto and Tenrikyo -- disc 5: 25. Christian testaments Old and New -- 26. Gospels and Acts -- 27. Letter and Apocalypse -- 28. Apocryphal gospels -- 29. Related traditions: Mormon scriptures -- 30. Islam and scriptural recitation -- disc 6: 31. Holy Qur'an -- 32. Hadith and Sufism -- 33. Related traditions: Baha'i scriptures -- 34.. Abandoned scriptures: Egyptian and Mayan -- 35. Secular scriptures: U.S. Constitution -- 36. Heavenly books, earthly connection.
Participant or Performer Note:
Instructed by Grant Hardy.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD ; NTSC.
Subject: Sacred books > Comparative studies.
Religions > Comparative studies.
Genre: Instructional films.
Nonfiction films.
Educational films.
Video recordings.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nazareth. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity DVD 208.2 SAC 2014 (Text) 31001101930643 DVD Adult Available -


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